Gene Information
Gene NameLAMA2
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length3122
Protein NamesLaminin subunit alpha-2 (Laminin M chain) (Laminin-12 subunit alpha) (Laminin-2 subunit alpha) (Laminin-4 subunit alpha) (Merosin heavy chain)
Target NameNA
Target TypeNA
Gene Age645 ( ENSG00000196569 )
Evolutionary StageEukaryota
AlphaFoldDBNA
Gene CardLAMA2
Uniprot IDP24043
PfamPF00052; PF00053; PF00054; PF06008; PF06009; PF00055
In ASDno
Allosteric Predictionno (-0.405904911)
Ortholog in AnimalsAlpaca_ LAMA2 ( ortholog_one2one )
Dog_ LAMA2 ( ortholog_one2one )
GuineaPig_ LAMA2 ( ortholog_one2one )
Macaque_ LAMA2 ( ortholog_one2one )
Mouse_ Lama2 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rat_ Lama2 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rabbit_ LAMA2 ( ortholog_one2one )
OhnologsLAMA1
ParalogsLAMB2, LAMC3, NTN4, LAMB1, LAMA3, LAMC1, ATRNL1, TMEFF2, ATRN, NTN1, NTN3, LAMC2, TMEFF1, LAMA1, AGRN, LAMB4, NTNG2, NTNG1, LAMA4, MEGF9, MEGF8, LAMB3, EGFLAM, LAMA5, NTN5, USH2A, HSPG2
TissueNA
Tissue SpecificityPlacenta, striated muscle, peripheral nerve, cardiac muscle, pancreas, lung, spleen, kidney, adrenal gland, skin, testis, meninges, choroid plexus, and some other regions of the brain;
not in liver, thymus and bone.
Pharmacological Animal ModelsNA
Gene Ontology
(biological process)
Gene Ontology
(cellular component)
Gene Ontology
(molecular function)
PDB 4YEP  (X-ray  1.19A  4YEQ  (X-ray  3.20A 
DBSNP rs34626728  rs886043693  rs3778142  rs1562273395  rs121913574  rs118083923  rs3816665  rs35879899  rs117422805  rs121913573  rs35277491  rs2306942  rs35889149  rs147077184  rs4143752  rs3828736  rs34367843  rs121913570  rs2229848  rs2244008  rs886039896  rs34551216 
Subcellular location [CC]Secreted, extracellular space, extracellular matrix, basement membrane. Note=Major component.
Mouse PG classificationNA
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